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Plot Summary:
Two teenagers build time machines to save one's brother from being killed by the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, thought provoking, touching, humorous, sweet, hood, teen comedy
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Jesse (2011)
Plot Summary:
Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's murder and enters into a world of crime, corruption, and shocking deception.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 75%
Repeaters (2010)
Plot Summary:
A gritty mind-bending thriller about three twenty-somethings who find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, surreal, tense, clever, contemplative, retro, serious, weird
Similar in 85%
Mark's Secret to Eternal Life (2013)
Plot Summary:
18-year-old Mark wakes up in a parallel world where no one knows who he is - not his family, friends or girlfriend - and discovers that he and all the people he loves will soon die a painful death.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, psychological, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, futuristic, independent film, contemplative
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We Die Young (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, cult classic
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Vinaya Vidheya Rama (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ram is one among the five orphaned boys in Visakhapatnam, adopted by a doctor who ensures them a roof to live under, with dignity. Ram goes to any extent to protect his family and he's a handful for the baddie to handle in a time of crisis. How does Ram protect his family when they need him the most?.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense
Similar in 88%
Narx (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on a shocking true story. An undercover cop puts his life on the line to fight corruption in his department, while trying to take down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New York City. No one can be trusted as the body count rises.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, independent film
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Rescue Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Robyn the daughter of Special Agent in Charge Alex Campbell of the FBI is kidnapped along with her best friend Chloe Hart, Alex is forced to take a close look at those around him to help determine who he can trust and who he can't if he hopes to bring his daughter home alive. As each hour goes by the mad man who take these girls become more unstable and not following the typical patterns kidnappers usually do, making it harder for Alex and his team to plan their next move. With the help of Matt and Kyle his two most trusted associates; Alex will do whatever it takes to get his daughter home even if it means having to bend the law to favor his decisions. Will the FBI bring these two girls home safe or is certain death now a part of their future? Rescue Me is an Action-Drama-Thriller.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, contemplative
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Clockstoppers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Until now, Zak Gibbs' greatest challenge has been to find a way to buy a car. But when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's various inventions and slips it on -- something very strange happens. The world around him seems to come to a stop, everything and everybody frozen in time. Zak quickly learns how to manipulate the device and he and his quick-witted and beautiful new friend, Francesca, start to have some real fun.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, tense, teen, fast
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Cut Throat City (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist, right in the heart of the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, hood, action thriller
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Toro (2016)
Plot Summary:
Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, resulting one of his brothers dead and he sent to jail. Five years later, Romano realizes that López, Toro's older brother, is robbing him money from his tourism business and he orders to kidnap Diana, López's little daughter, until this one get back the money. Without options, López visits Toro, now a touristic driver with the third grade prison close to get the parole, who only wants to be free to marry his girlfriend Estrella. When Toro accepts to help López and both meet Romano looking for a solution, Toro ends attacking Romano's men and fleeing with Diana, trying to escape from Romano's revenge. But Romano starts a ruthless searching for they three, meanwhile Toro counts the hours to back the prison according to the third grade.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, hood, perverse, noir
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Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (2017)
Plot Summary:
After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Collider (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2033, a young girl trapped in a mysterious orphanage recklessly travels back in time to find her parents and amend her past.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
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Curvature (2017)
Plot Summary:
Helen tries to cope with the recent death of her husband, a scientist who killed himself right when he was on the verge of successfully completing the invention of a time machine. One day, she receives a phone call, and a voice suspiciously resembling her own voice warns her that she’s in danger. Is it possible Helen has time travelled? And what could have led her to do something like that?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful
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Mega Time Squad (2018)
Plot Summary:
A small-town criminal finds an ancient Chinese time-travel device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new life-but he may not survive the consequences of tampering with time. The Castle meets Looper, Mega Time Squad is a study in high-meets-low, combining elements of the sci-fi, the crime thriller and the comedy to make a comedy heist film with a time-traveling twist.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, light, horror comedy
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Minutemen (2008)
Plot Summary:
When three high-school friends invent a time-machine, they decide to use it to go back in time and prevent other youngsters from making humiliating mistakes.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic, scenic, teen, semi serious, fun
Similar in 83%
The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
After his girlfriend, Julie and two best friends are killed in a tragic auto accident, Nick struggles to cope with his loss and grief. Suffering from migraine-like seizures, Nick soon discovers that he has the power to change the past via his memories. However, his time-traveling attempts to alter the past and save his one true love have unexpected and dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mind bending, suspense, serious, suspenseful, erotic, mindfuck, thought provoking, absurd, psychological thriller, psychedelic
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Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the world of Sougo Tokiwa and Sento Kiryu, their "companions" are losing their memories one after the other as they're replaced by other people. The Super Time Jacker, Tid , appears before them. He orders his powerful underlings, Another Double and Another Den-O, to pursue a young boy called Shingo. While fighting to protect Shingo, Sougo meets Ataru, a young man who loves Riders, but Ataru says that Kamen Riders aren't real. What is the meaning of those words? While the mystery deepens, the true enemy that Sougo and Sento must defeat appears in the Kuriogatake mountain.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, touching, captivating, suspense, futuristic
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Canal Street (2018)
Plot Summary:
A Chicago lawyer embraces his undying faith when his teenage son is accused of murdering a classmate.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, spiritual, sad, independent film
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Frequency (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, feel good, suspense, serious, suspenseful, touching, atmospheric, sentimental, mind bending, clever
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95ers: Time Runners (2013)
Plot Summary:
Time is unraveling, paradoxes are everywhere, and strangers with terrifying technologies are on the hunt. A thrilling, original, ultra indie full-length sci-fi movie that is the story of Sally Biggs, an FBI agent who has the power to rewind time. Her scientist husband has disappeared mysteriously, and the closer she gets to finding him, the more dangerous her life becomes. To save the future and her loved ones, Sally must enter a battlefield she never knew existed. Fortunately, she's a 95er. Surrounded by bizarre timespace paradoxes and hunted by terrifying forces from the future, Sally must discover the earth-shattering truth behind it all before her very being fades out of reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, gloomy, futuristic, independent film, interesting
Similar in 76%
Freejack (1992)
Plot Summary:
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: futuristic, entertaining, cyber, suspense, tech noir, grindhouse, anamorphic, disgusting, exciting, bleak
Similar in 77%
Timecop (1994)
Plot Summary:
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, erotic, tech noir, grindhouse
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Retroactive (1997)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, road movie, suspenseful, intense, serious, disturbing, psychological, cerebral, retro
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Time Freak (2018)
Plot Summary:
Stillman, a heartbroken physics student builds a time machine when his girlfriend Debbie breaks up with him. Going back in time, Stillman attempts to fix every mistake he made to save their relationship, while dragging his best friend, Evan, along in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, psychological, family comedy, romantic comedy, surprise ending, light, feel good
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The Time Machine (2002)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, atmospheric, serious, stylized, psychotronic, thought provoking, suspense, apocalyptic, smart
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My Science Project (1985)
Plot Summary:
Michael and Ellie break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class, and discover a strange glowing orb which absorbs electricity. When the orb begins to blend past, present, and future, its up to Michael and Ellie to stop the orb and save mankind.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, light, feel good, eighties, complex, idiotic
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Project Almanac (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, absurd, clever, tricky, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, cerebral
Similar in 87%
Time After Time (1979)
Plot Summary:
The Wildest Chase Of The Century! London 1893 is home to a killer with a macabre nickname... and also to a visionary genius who would write The Time Machine. But what if H.G. Wells' invention wasn't fiction? And what if Jack the Ripper escaped capture fleeing his own time to take refuge in ours - with Wells himself in pursuit?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, clever, psychotronic, psychological, retro, mind bending, psychedelic, offbeat, mysterious, surreal
Similar in 84%
Deja Vu (2006)
Plot Summary:
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 324000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tricky, twisted, suspense, confusing, psychological thriller, clever, surprise ending, mindfuck
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Looper (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 596000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: futuristic, clever, thought provoking, mind bending, exciting, neo noir, tense, confusing, cerebral, suspenseful